Description: NORTH WILKESBORO HEAD START is a Four Star Center License in NORTH WILKESBORO NC, with a maximum capacity of 33 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-09-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-09-08 | Violation | 1824 | .0607(e) |
| The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The staff did not review the EPR plan annually. | |||
| 2023-02-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-22 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The gate near the kitchen was closed however with a gentle push the gate opened to the paring lot posing a danger to the children. | |||
| 2022-09-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-09-20 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The outdoor environment had a trash bag on the playground and three (3) used plastic cups. The red shelter sand table structure needs to be power washed as well as the cover to the sand table and the child size picnic table. The fake brick is chipping and flacking off at the bottom right of the building, as you face the building from the playground area, exposing the material underneath. | |||
| 2022-09-20 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last documented lockdown drill was in May of 2022. The emergency drill prior to that was 1/27/22. There was no documentation of an emergency drill for April 2022, which was at least three months from the January emergency drill. | |||
| 2021-09-29 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2020-10-07 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2020-02-19 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2019-11-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2019-11-06 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. One staff member hired 11/13/18 does not have documentation of Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training. | |||
| 2019-11-06 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. The surfacing underneath the stationary car measured 2-3 inches. The surfacing underneath the climber with slides measured 4 inches. The footings on the trike merry go round are exposed causing a tripping hazard and bolts are exposed causing a fall hazard. | |||
| 2019-11-06 | Violation | 717 | .0605(l)(1-2) |
| Surfacing did not extend six (6) feet beyond the external limits of the equipment or 3 feet for equipment used only by children less than 2 years of age. The protective surfacing did not extend out 6 feet beyond the external limits of all the slides or the stationary car. | |||
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